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MMG Faculty Honors

Professional Leadership Roles:

Kathleen Collins, M.D., Ph.D., has been elected to The Association of American Physicians in 2012.

Jun-Lin Guan, Ph.D., was elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences in 2011.

Kathleen Collins, M.D., Ph.D., has been selected for a 2008 Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The selection was based on the scientific excellence of her proposal, the potential for translation of her results into the clinical setting and her potential as a mentor for the next generation of Physician-scientists.

Sally Camper: 2007 Roy O. Greep Award for Research Excellence from the Endocrine Society

Eric Fearon: Associate Editor, Cancer Research; Editorial boards, Genes, Chromosomes, & Cancer, Laboratory Investigation, Current Biology, Neoplasia, Journal of Biological Chemistry; Senior Editor, Molecular Cancer Research; Consulting Editor, The Journal of Clinical Investigation

David Ginsburg: Editorial Advisory board, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Jun-Lin Guan: Editorial board, Journal of Biological Chemistry from July 2007 to October 2012
Editorial Board: Cell Adhesion and Migration, 2006 -
Editorial Board: Cell Research, 2006 -

Gilbert Omenn: Editorial boards, Journal of Human Genetics, Journal of Proteome Research, Proteomics, Expert Review of Proteomics, Clinical Proteomics

Alan Saltiel: Editorial boards, Current Opinion in Oncologic, Endocrine and Metabolic Drugs, Cell Metabolism; Board of Consulting Editors, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Steve Weiss: Editorial board, Journal of Cellular Physiology

National and International Service:

Eric Fearon: President, American Society of Clinical Investigation

David Ginsburg: External Scientific Review Panel, NHLBI; Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine

Tom Glaser: Reviewer, NSF International Research Fellowships

Jun-Lin Guan: Regular Member, NIH Cell Structure and Function study section, 2005-2007
Regular Member, NIH Pathobiochemistry study section, 1998-2002

Gilbert Omenn: Chairman of the Board and immediate past President, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Member, Report Review Committee of the National Academies of Science

Steve Weiss: Permanent Member, NIH Pathobiochemistry Study Section; External Reviewer, Biomedical Research Council of Canada, VA Career Development Program and VA Medical Investigatorship

Yuan Zhu: Reviewer, Department of Defense Neurofibromatosis Research Program

Awards and Honors:

Gilbert Omenn, M.D., Ph.D., was recently honored at the HUPO (Human Proteome Organization) 6th World Congress as the recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Service Award. (see http://www.hupo.org/communications/HUPO_awards/) This very distinguished annual HUPO Award is the major award to recognize the dedicated service and contribution an individual has made to HUPO. It is intended to recognize the indispensable contributions made by exemplary members of the proteomic research community to the organization and mission of HUPO. Dr. Omenn was given a plaque and recognized with a ceremony at the 6th World Congress of HUPO, which took place October 6-11, in Seoul, Korea.

Jun-Lin Guan: Keynote Speaker, NHRI Conference on Cell Signaling and Developmental Biology, Taiwan, 2007

Alan Saltiel: Election to the Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Sciences, 2005; Distinguished Scientist in Basic Research, Clinical Ligand Assay Society, 2006

Yuan Zhu: Paul Daniel Bogart Leadership Chair of Research, Brain Tumor Society, 2006

Eric Fearon: Third Annual DSR Sarma lectureship in Oncologic Pathology, University of Toronto, 2005

David Ginsburg: Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005; 24th Annual Jeanette Piperno Memorial Award, Temple University, 2005; NIH MERIT Award, 2001-2011